Every two weeks we're expected to attend a workshop, the theme of which changes to some higher curriculum I haven't yet identified. This week, following a workshop in 2010 entitled 'Who needs healthcare?' we were asked to debate the point 'Who gets healthcare?'. From a role-call of 70+ students, some 9 of us turned up. So our GP facilitator adapted the structured session to something more informal.
We ended up debating the health care system with public vs private as our central debate. Unsurprisingly something down the middle was described as having the best healthcare outcomes but the NHS was rounded defended by most of us present. I just wondered to myself if they have these debates in other countries? For example, in the states (whose healthcare system we all insulted with great vigor)? Or France, who have a private insurance system and better cancer outcomes than in Britain.
He asked us if healthcare was a right. I feel it is but was questioned about the worldwide implications of this. I enjoyed the debate... but then, I usually do.
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